spathura

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A remarkable genus of Trochilidæ, containing hummingbirds with the lateral tail-feathers long-exserted, narrowed, and then dilated into a spatule or racket at the end, and with conspicuous legmuffs. There are 4 or 5 species, as S. underwoodi, also called Steganurus spatuligera.